Youtube annotations are the clickable areas in the videos. Most of the time, the annotations are pretty useless. Some clever Youtubers have used the annotations to make some interesting interactive videos/games. The two that come to mind are Comediva's Geeky Pickup Lines and Hank Greene's Truth or Fail. These videos use annotations at the end of the videos to navigate to a different video, making the experience more interactive.
One of the major problems with the annotations is that they only work in a browser. The Youtube app for Android does not support annotations. For 100% - 40 videos, that is not really an issue. For the videos mentioned above, it makes the videos pointless to watch. I wish the Youtube Android app would support annotations, so that I can play Truth or Fail. It makes for an excellent party game.
I agree 100%. The fact they do not include such a large part of the market. Lets face it everyone uses their mobiles, ipads, androids, to access the tube. For annotations not to work at all frustrates many a creator like myself. Also recently the iPad now has 'native' support for annotations. Meaning it will work through safari, but not the youtube app. Hopefully Android is not far behind. Come on Google! it has to be the same across all platforms. An off feature will appease those who do not wish to use it.
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